Illinois · Nonprofit
MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP
MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $261,232 to it, the largest being JOHN ULLRICH FOUNDATION TRUST BUSEY TRUST CO - TRUSTEE ($179,232). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $56k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $261k
- Net assets
- $21k
What Midwest Sight Foundation Nfp does
Mission
Public charity
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
27 presentations to organization and schools (950 people attended) regarding blinding eye diseases
$15,120 spent66% of program spending14 eye pressure screening events (144 people checked, 14 people determined to probably have glaucoma, 14 people at high risk for glaucoma)
$7,840 spent34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,960.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $28k to $10k (−63%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
70% of MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
John C Lee Md
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $55k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 82% · 2019 76% · 2020 50% · 2021 52% · 2022 67% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
79% of MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,360 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
32%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP?
- MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $261,232 to it, the largest being JOHN ULLRICH FOUNDATION TRUST BUSEY TRUST CO - TRUSTEE ($179,232). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $261,232 in grants to MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP?
- JOHN ULLRICH FOUNDATION TRUST BUSEY TRUST CO - TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $179,232 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIDWEST SIGHT FOUNDATION NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing